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Agricultural Statistics - Ashe County
Total Acres in County: 272,742

 

2002 Census Data
Number of Farms
1,152
Total Land in Farms, Acres
107,930
Average Farm Size, Acres
94
Harvested Cropland, Acres
21,239
Average Age of Farmers
56
Average Value of Farm & Building
$379,042
Average Market Value of Machinery & Equipment
$36,210
Average Total Farm Production Expense
$24,798

 

Crops 2007
Harvest Acres
Yield
Production
State Rank
Barley: Bu.
* * * *
Corn for Grain: Bu.
* * * *
Corn for Silage: Tons
* * * *
Cotton: 480lb. Bales
* * * *
Hay, All: Tons
10,200 2.10 21,400 16
Irish Potatoes: Cwt.
* * * *
Oats: Bu.
* * * *
Peanuts: Lbs.
* * * *
Sorghum: Bu.
* * * *
Soybeans: Bu.
* * * *
Sweetpotatoes: Cwt.
* * * *
Tobacco, Burley: Lbs.
110 1,480 163,000 15
Tobacco, Flue-Cured: Lbs.
* * * *
Wheat: Bu.
* * * *

 

Livestock
Number
State Rank
Broilers Produced (2007)
*
*
Cattle, All (Jan. 1, 2008)
15,300
19
Beef Cows (Jan. 1, 2008)
6,600
19
Milk Cows (Jan. 1, 2008)
*
*
Chickens, Excluding Broilers (Dec. 1, 2007)
*
*
Hogs and Pigs (Dec. 1, 2007)
*
*
Turkeys Raised (2007)
*
*

 

Cash Receipts: 2007
Dollars
State Rank
Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry
5,174,000
76
Crops
11,268,000
66
Government Payments
939,000
74
Total
17,381,000
85


The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, in cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture publishes annual county statistics for selected crops, livestock, poultry, dairy, and cash receipts. Census of Agriculture statistics are published every five years. Counties that harvested less than 50 acres of tobacco,or planted 200 acres of peanuts, or 500 acres of all other crops were not published and are designated by an asterisk (*). Also not published were counties with fewer than 1,000 hogs or 500 total cattle, 500 beef or milk cows, 500,000 broilers or turkeys, or 100,000 other chickens.

 

 

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Last update October 13, 2008

 

 

NCDA&CS Agricultural Statistics Division, Herb Vanderberry, Director
Mailing Address: P. O. Box 27767 Raleigh, NC 27611
Physical Address: 2 West Edenton Street, Raleigh NC 27601
Phone: (919) 856-4394; FAX: (919) 856-4139
Email: NCagstat@ncmail.net

October 14, 2008